"Northwestern University faculty members engage in teaching and research on a wide variety of topics, some of them controversial and at the leading edge of their respective disciplines. The university supports the efforts of its faculty to further the advancement of knowledge."

Evidently none of those teachers will be working at BYU any time soon!

"Davies was kicked off the team for engaging in premarital sex with his girlfriend, a violation of the university's honor code that states all students must remain "chaste and virtuous." According to the Salt Lake Tribune, Davies admitted to the violation on Monday".

I really wonder how many sophmores or juniors in college today have remained virtuous?

already bought the opera tickets! BTW, Joyce DiDonato (mezzo soprano), who I heard sing a recital in Santa Monica recently, is one of the reasons I just had to get a ticket to Rossini opera in April. Today I found out she is singing at Le Poisson Rouge later in April. Surely would enjoy hearing that too.

Also, check out "Second Stage." New play (world premiere comedy) by Lynn Nottage. Opens April 6. I'm going. Not sure when yet.

I don't see any reason to get the new one (and it's not out yet.) I love the iPad and use it constantly. I also take it everywhere. I rarely take my laptop anywhere anymore. It's great for watching TV and movies too.

that Gallup, Pew, NBC/WSJ, and now--ta da--the R Rasmussen show strikingly similar results: Support unions & collective bargaining, agree that the teachers, etc. could pay into the pension/health system a bit more (something that they have already said they would do), and typically do not agree that budgets should be balanced on the backs of teachers & public employees.

A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Wisconsin voters shows that just 39% favor weakening collective bargaining rights and 52% are opposed. At the same time, 44% support a 10% pay cut for all state workers. Thirty-eight percent (38%) are opposed. That's partly because 27% of Wisconsin voters believe state workers are paid too much and 16% believe they are paid too little. Forty-nine percent (49%) believe the pay of state workers is about right. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

I'm going to say one thing: if this movie has any intent to clear the name of Timothy McVeigh or otherwise shift blame from him to someone else, it will be infuriating beyond belief. But that probably (hopefully) isn't the intent.

Deadline's article mentions the goal of the film involving "the real circumstances" behind the bombing, and given that the screenwriter's brother was on the McVeigh defense team I suspect that the `real circumstances' involve one of two oft-cited theories about the bombing: that McVeigh was involved with a far-right white supremacist group, or that there were Middle Eastern ties to the bombing. Both theories are tied to circumstantial evidence and lines of official inquiry that were begun then closed down during the investigation into the bombing.

Timothy McVeigh is exactly the sort of guy a lot of people would like to forget. A white, small-town, military kid who believed in small government, he could have been a Tea Partier right up until that point where he massacred his fellow citizens. But if he can be tied to a Middle Eastern group it would all be OK, because ultimately it would all be the fault of `regular' terrorists, right? (Shudder.) Needless to say, we'll be following this one. I'm very curious to see how it turns out.

Are the long nights and financial burdens of parenting really worth the emotional benefits? New research is saying no: When confronted with the real economic costs of having children, most parents will exaggerate their happiness to validate their choice to have children.

"Many people believe that to be truly fulfilled in life, it is necessary to experience the joys of parenthood. Children are considered an essential source of happiness, satisfaction, and pride," Richard Eibach and Steven Mock of the University of Waterloo, wrote of their study in the March 2 issue of the journal Psychological Science. "However, the idea that parenthood involves substantial emotional rewards appears to be something of a myth."

I thought the part was interesting that talked about the difference placed on the "joy" between groups depending on if cost or reward was discussed.
it always seemed to people were trying to convince themselves how wonderful it was more than anyone else.

dont get me wrong. Im sure parenthood is a wondrous thing. just not what its cracked up to be.
and it always galled me that childless people, like me, were often expected to have less of a life than people with children. I reject that idea. my home time is just as valuable as anyones.